“Today, right now—and I mean right this second—you have the most power you’ll ever have in the current fight against authoritarianism in America. …America, you are running out of time.”
Adrienne LaFrance, Executive Editor, The Atlantic, “A Ticking Clock on American Freedom”
Here they are, governing our country: the “Four Horsemen of Calumny—Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry and Smear” - Margaret Chase Smith
Kind of miss this:
Network 1976: “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it any more”— open your windows…. (Peter Finch as Howard Beale)
“It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic”. (Excerpt from Illinois governor J.B.Pritzker’s State of the State Address on Wednesday, February 19, 2025)
#TheGreatBetrayal
Per Erica Chenoweth:
“When 3.5% of the population joins a peaceful movement against a sitting government, that movement almost always succeeds.
For us in America, 3.5% of the population (335 million) is 11.7 million people.”
See you on Monday, February 17th!!
Use your power to obstruct this administration's illegal destruction of our government. Vote no" on all nominees until they stop these power grabs and theft of our systems and information. Please block any unanimous consent votes for nominees, and please continue to speak out. @sanders.senate.gov
The Pentagon is removing dedicated office space from four major news organizations, including The New York Times and NPR, to make room for right-wing outlets like Breitbart News and One America News.
WORD FOR THE DAY —
The more light you allow within you, the brighter the world you live in will be.
SHAKTI GAWAIN
Yes, she said so on What’sApp
Do you know Karen’s handle?
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Very good question
“Continuing to believe in democracy is a profound act of resistance and courage in a moment like this when we are being told it no longer matters.” (Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance, 1/22/25)
